Please add
# Brother MFC640CW 
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0197", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
to /lib/udev/rules.d/libsane.rules
Reply to my email. I'm not subscribed to sane-devel
bye
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Marco Ciampa
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